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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Alvin McIntosh, has said that the Ministry will continue its social intervention programme in the Western Kingston communities, on July 28. In an interview with JIS News, the Permanent Secretary said that this initiative would be a multi-agency approach, undertaken over two weeks in the communities of Fletchers Land, Hannah...

A total of seven Resident Care Aides (RCAs) are to leave the island on Tuesday July 27 to take up employment in Nova Scotia, Canada. They are the first batch of 44 persons, trained under a programme being undertaken in partnership with Jamaican and Canada authorities, to be dispatched to the North American country. Minister of Labour and Social Security,...

With the social assessment of several West Kingston communities now complete, the Government is currently analysing the findings to determine the priorities in order to further assist the residents. The assessment, which became necessary following the operation by the security forces in the area in late May, was conducted by approximately 100 social workers from the Social Development Commission (SDC)...

The fourth in a series of National Education Consultations was held at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on July16. The consultations, which are being staged as a joint effort between the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) and the Ministry of Education, seek to provide a forum through which dialogue on the Programme of...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, has asked parents of children on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) to ensure that benefits from the programme are used for the purposes for which they are granted. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles He noted that PATH, which falls under his Ministry, seeks...

World Bank Special Representative to Jamaica, Dr. Badrul Haque, says funding assistance by the institution to the Government's Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), since the initiative commenced in 2001, has amounted to some US$80 million ($6.9 billion). PATH, which falls under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, aims to address the needs of individuals deemed society's...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Andrew Gallimore, has said that the 500 participants in this year's Steps-to-Work summer camp programme will receive further assistance in career development. The State Minister was speaking at the launch of this year's Steps-to-Work summer camp programme, at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, on July...

Funding for the Government's Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) has been significantly boosted by a US$2.49 million (J$215 million) grant from the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF). Approximately 10,000 of Jamaica's population deemed poor, as well as the vulnerable elderly and disabled, who were not previously on the programme, will benefit from the provision, to be administered...

The Manchester Infirmary is to benefit from the proceeds of the finals of the Miss Jamaica World Western Beauty Pageant. The event will be held on July 11, at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville. An element of the contest, which has the theme: 'Beauty with a Purpose,' is exposing the contestants to charity work in communities. Last year, the...

Seventeen persons, mainly women, received cheques totalling $377,000 to support their micro enterprise ventures, from Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, on Wednesday (July 7). The cheques were issued under the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education's (PATH) Steps to Work programme, which seeks to assist beneficiaries in creating sustainable earning opportunities. They were handed out...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, has called on employees of the Ministry to take the lead in increasing productivity in the country. Commending the workers for helping the Ministry save $6 million in energy costs for 2009/10, he urged them to use that achievement as an impetus to go even further. "Yes, we have been able...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, says Jamaica is on the verge of implementing a new safety and health legislation - the Occupational Safety and Health Act - to protect the welfare of Jamaican employees in the workplace. He said occupational safety and health was a vital link in the Ministry's development strategy and one that all...